Chalcolithic Materials from Teleilat Ghassul
in the Semitics/ICOR Library

(Pontifical Biblical Institute Excavations 1929-1960)

Teleilat Ghassul (Tulaylât al-Ghassûl) is a large Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in the lower Jordan Valley some 5-6 km. (3-4 mi.) northeast of the Dead Sea. The Pontifical Biblical Institute (PBI) conducted excavations of this site between 1929 and 1938, led by Alexis Mallon, S.J. and Robert Koeppel, S.J.; and again in 1959-1960, led by Robert North, S.J.

The 112 items in this collection, all previously published, are a cross section of Chalcolithic materials (diagnostic sherd-types, stone disks and pestles, flints, etc.) from the 1929-1960 excavations. This is one of some twenty study collections given by the Pontifical Biblical Institute, for purposes of archaeological research and teaching, to individuals and institutions associated with the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA). This collection was delivered to the Semitics Department of The Catholic University of America (CUA) on October 10, 1996. Sandra A. Scham completed a descriptive inventory on December 10, 1996.